After spending the last five winters in sunny Florida, I found myself back in my adult hometown of Storrs. My family and friends-both here and in Florida-found my excitement about experiencing winter again –the snow, the cold, the ice, the shoveling, the need for boots and warm coats, hats and gloves- surprising, amusing, and confusing. […]
Winter Wonder Revisited Read Post »
Connecticut Tribune, March 09, 2022 PIG BOMB? State Police refuse to answer questions about the 2-year-old story, insisting that it never happened. But rumors continue in the Quiet Corner about a nighttime semitruck accident on Rt. 84 that accidentally released a cargo of Wild Boar into the forests of Tolland and Willington. At the TA
UNVERIFIED STORIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Read Post »
Happy World Water Day. If you ask me, everyday should be heralded as a celebration of water, and one third of the global population agrees with me, considering their day revolves around finding the liquid gold. That’s right, 2.2 billion people don’t have safely managed drinking water. 4.2 billion people don’t have safely managed sanitation
The JT Book Critters have had six engaging books discussions so far this year between October and March. OCTOBER: Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by SuzanneSimard (2021, Knopf). NOVEMBER: The Archipelago of Hope: Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change, by Gleb Raygorodetsky (2017, Pegasus). DECEMBER: Owls of
Books that Connect You to Nature Read Post »
Did you know that a Box Turtle from your neighborhood could have ended up in China? Our local turtles may be victims of illegal collection and trade, according to the DEEP. Who knew? As if they didn’t already have enough trouble with habitat destruction, road dangers, and the changing ecosystem! If you are younger than
OUR ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES Read Post »
Sometimes a pathway winds over land that wears only slight evidence of its history, cheerfully ushering us along. Good hiking. And sometimes a route will switchback down into dark and damaged territory where the uncomfortable past awaits. Joshua’s Trust’s Rankin Preserve features both landscapes. The changing characteristics of a deciduous forest indeed create – or
Rankin in Recovery Read Post »
